[MadIvan]

My friend, everyone with a brain has been banned from here before. Haven't you been paying attention? It is one of the ways we measure who is thinking for themselves and who is part of a herd of mindless cheerleaders. To have lasted, what, four years without being banned is not something to be self-satisfied about.

I see. So one should aspire to be disagreeable and banned. Pardon me if I don't share your view of achieving intelligence - I thought it was achieved through education, study, thinking, discretion and good taste.

And for the record, I am using my original handle, the one I first signed up with.

Not that it matters much.

I guess you have to be a Web designer or programmer or something to understand the value of keeping a site well organized.

And what precisely do you think I do for a living? Again, you are carrying whatever personal demons you harbour onto this thread for no good purpose. If your intent was to get the thread moved, you could have done it far more discreetly without ruining the tenor or harmony of the thread. But this has given an insight into you - that somehow you equate rudeness with being intelligence, snobbishness with wit, pedantry with sophistication. If you aspire to be banned again, likely all you have to do is keep it up.

Ivan

[Miss Marple]

Thanks for posting this, Ivan. Mr. Steyn is correct in still being angry, because I certainly am. I didn't know that about that Canadian columnist....blech!

Sorry you got hassled about this. It probably shouldn't have been in breaking news, but then lots of things wind up there some days, including announcements and fundraisers. A courteous, private message and a note to the moderator would have been sufficient.

At any rate, I appreciate you taking the time to post this and I am very glad you are here.

[aBootes]

Good post. Thanks.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[Leisler]

ave you been to his profile page? Talk about coloring within the lines. The thing just screams anal-retentive. Still though, when one spends all that money on quarter page personal in the Anytown Advocate, and not a phone call....